There's a new legitimately funny show in town but chances are, you might have missed it because of a hindrance called Toggle.
Sabo, a 12-parter new reality show produced by Mediacorp and hosted by radio DJ Mike Kasem, features celebrities being pranked so hard that you will probably gag, choke and die smiling.
Under the Toggle Originals programming, it was shown exclusively on Toggle and was so exclusive you probably didn't know it ended its run last week (April 17).
While the concept isn't new (think Punk'd), it's still refreshing to see how our celebrities will react in awkward situations.
Like how Channel 8 actor Shane Pow swore like a sailor after being set up by his buddy Ian Fang. Or how up-and-coming actress Jayley Woo reacted after being put in the middle of an uncomfortable love triangle. And did we mention Fandi Ahmad's priceless reaction when an over-enthusiastic football father showed the football legend bikini shots of his wife, Wendy Jacobs, on the mobile phone?
The best one of all, which the producers painstakingly saved as the last episode: how Zoe Tay proved that she is as classy and humble in real life as you'd imagine.
Here's the premise: Zoe's BFF Chen Hanwei, who got sabo-ed in the previous episode, decided to sabo her with an ill-fated food tasting session - involving one bloodied finger.
Dat face.
Dat finger.
Perfect garnish for steak.
Is that...
No...
Jeng jeng jeng!
Zoe gagging. If she's acting, please give her an Oscar.
The Queen of Caldecott doing her auntie-slap on Chen after the big reveal.
It is, however, a real pity that this series is only available on Toggle, which is not the friendliest of video services.
We hope you can see Zoe's seemingly genuine reaction and all-round classiness with a hint of the Cantonese-speaking Singapore auntie. If not, you can try your luck here.
Anyway, here are four reasons why the Toggle platform sucks.
1. Only compatible on certain browsers.
2. Requires Microsoft Silverlight.
Which means you need to install something on your browser to watch something, probably a step too far for many. Contrast this to watching Youtube/Facebook videos immediately.
3. You need to sign up for an account.
No, it's not difficult. But the two aforementioned technicalities have already deterred potential viewers.
4. It's not very "shareable"
And unlike, say, YouTube videos, Toggle videos cannot be viewed directly on Facebook. When you hit the Facebook share button on Toggle, it will instead provide a link to direct you to Toggle.sg, which brings us back to point 1.
These four stumbling blocks just gave the free folks of YouTube and Facebook videos more traffic.
Genuinely good content on an inferior platform? Talk about c***-blocking.
Top photo from Toggle
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